Sidewinders # 6: Texas Bloodshed (Sidewinders 6) by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone [Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

For a long moment, Scratch didn’t say anything.

Then he asked, “What are you talkin’ about?”

“When me and Hank and the rest of the boys were runnin’ wild down in Texas, before we ever came up here to Indian Territory, we had a hideout in some rugged country west of Fort Worth. There’s not much out in those parts except rocks and rattlesnakes. So Hank figured it was safe to stash most of our loot there. We kept what money we needed to get by and cached the rest in a cave.”

Again, Scratch didn’t know whether to believe her or to think that she was making up some story for reasons of her own. It was possible she was telling the truth. Plenty of outlaws hid part of their loot, rather than spending it all right away.

“Are you sayin’ that money is still there?” he asked.

“Don’t forget the gold,” Cara said. “And yeah, it’s still there unless somebody found it. Nobody would know to look for it there, so it’d have to be somebody just stumblin’ over it. Just blind luck. I’d bet anything it’s still there.” She paused. “I’d bet my life on that, Scratch.”

“Yeah, well, I don’t see how that has anything to do with what’s goin’ on now,” he said as a feeling of crawling unease grew inside him.

“I know how to find that cache. I could lead you right to it. There’s plenty there to make two people rich.”

“Forget it,” Scratch said without hesitation. “Bo and me gave our word to Forty-two and to Judge Parker. Anyway, Bo would never go along with it.”

“I wasn’t talkin’ about Bo,” Cara snapped. “Or does he do all the thinking for both of you?”

“That ain’t the way it is. We’re partners. Equal partners.”

“Sure,” Cara said, but she didn’t sound convinced.

Scratch grimaced and rubbed his jaw. He figured now that he never should have come over here to talk to Cara LaChance. He didn’t like the direction this conversation was taking.

Bo would like it even less, especially if he knew the thoughts that were going through Scratch’s mind at this very minute. He could see how it would all play out, how he could let Cara loose and steal Brubaker’s horse, and they could take off together for the tall and uncut ...

With a fortune in stolen loot waiting for them.

It was enough to tempt any man, especially with Cara herself thrown in as an added prize. He could never fully trust her, of course, but if they were off on their own, he didn’t think she would double-cross him.

For one thing, she would need him to keep her safe. She might be hell on wheels, but a woman traveling alone would have a hard time ever making it to that hideout she’d talked about, especially if the country around it was as rugged as she made it sound.

“What about Lowe and Elam?” he asked. “We couldn’t take them.”

“The hell with them!” Cara whispered savagely. “I don’t owe them a damn thing.

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